The PRIMA mission, NASA's latest Probe Explorer, is set to launch in the early 2030s. This new telescope, designed to cost less and do more, aims to strike a balance between the agency's budgetary constraints and the need for ambitious space science. While the PRIMA project shows promise, a previous contender, the AXIS X-ray observatory, was disqualified due to apparent mismanagement. As PRIMA is led by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which is currently in a state of crisis, the mission's success may hinge on overcoming institutional challenges. With a price tag of only a few hundred million dollars, PRIMA represents a crucial step towards more efficient and frequent space exploration.